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Pulisic benched as Chelsea switch to three-man defence at Liverpool

Owners of Christian Pulisic (£7.4m) will be frustrated to see their man on the Chelsea bench for the final match of Gameweek 37+.

It is the first time the American has not started since the Gameweek 30+ win at Aston Villa.

Frank Lampard has opted to change his formation for the trip to Anfield, lining up in a 3-4-3 shape with Marcos Alonso (£6.1m) and Reece James (£4.9m) as the wing-backs.

Mason Mount (£6.0m) has moved forward to take Pulisic’s place in the front-three but Olivier Giroud (£6.7m) and Willian (£7.3m) retain their starting berths from the 1-0 win over Norwich.

Liverpool, who will lift the Premier League trophy tonight, have predictably gone with the big guns for this one.

That means Mohamed Salah (£12.5m) and Sadio Mané (£12.2m) are both stationed either side of Roberto Firmino (£9.3m) as per usual.

And in defence, Andrew Robertson (£7.0m) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (£7.7m) start in their preferred positions, as does Virgil van Dijk (£6.5m).

Liverpool XI (4-3-3): Alisson; Robertson, van Dijk, Gomez, Alexander-Arnold; Fabinho, Wijnaldum, Keïta; Mané, Firmino, Salah.

Chelsea XI (3-4-3): Kepa; Azpilicueta, Zouma, Rüdiger; Alonso, Kovacic, Jorginho, R James; Mount, Giroud, Willian.

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  1. riot
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 13 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Selling Trent hasn't gone well then

  2. Thomas M.
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Currently with 103p with a Martial (c), big advantage in MLs now against opponents

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Cheers

      1. Thomas M.
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yeah. Rivals and i were even and 6 points appart. Now i get 25-30p lead. 🙂

  3. Bury94
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    NO NO NO NO FFS!!

  4. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Get the F off Salah you absolute waste of space

  5. Deulofail
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    I benched TAA and Pulisic

    1. Deulofail
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Luckily TAA coming on for Saiss

      1. DandyDon
        • 5 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Phew

    2. Bubz
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Omg

    3. waltzingmatildas
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Me too

    4. The Suspended One
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Omg

    5. Warby84
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I benched pulisic.. Never expected this...

  6. nikzgfx
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Pulisic and Giroud owner get in

    1. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Very lucky. Sold giroud and benched pulisic

  7. Hybrid.power
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah subbed

  8. Hazz
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah subbed.

    Unsurprising. Missed countless sitters.

  9. Fudgy
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Worst week of my life playing fpl

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Season*

    2. DaisyDaisyDaisyDaisy
      • 10 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      And theres been a few youve told us about

  10. George Agdgdgwngo
    • 14 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Bye Mohamed

  11. SH1M1
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Mo has been useless, wouldn’t even get him for Newcastle tbh

  12. HollywoodXI
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    FPL- Does Salah gets an assist for walking off?

  13. Champions League Varane
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah off 🙁

  14. RAFA THE GAFFA
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Puli vs Salah fail! Perhaps my rival is just Better 😆

    1. WVA
      • 7 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      My rival is getting Pulisic off the bench for Dilva
      I sold Pulisic for Dilva
      Is he better?

      1. RAFA THE GAFFA
        • 8 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Yes

  15. DandyDon
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Oh it gets better...

  16. WVA
    • 7 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    All Salah cares about is himself, pathetic

  17. RamaJama
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Sell Salah for Sterling for next GW?

    1. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Why have you not already done it

    2. Hulk Smash
      • 8 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      I'm strongly considering it

  18. dansmusen
    • 6 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    This last game really f*****d me up and i still have 3 players in it

    1. Forza
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Try having no players in it...

    2. DandyDon
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Usually Man U game that messes up my week. That went almost perfectly and this one has sucked massively to cancel it out

  19. Duke Silver ☑
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 9 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah dgaf about lifting the premier league Jamie 😆

  20. JustPark
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Wolves aren't Pool. They surely can defend, right? Selling Pulisic, yes?

  21. FreddyP3
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    So are we gonna talk about trents defending at pulisics goal

    1. Wild Rover
      • 13 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      And his assist

  22. Revival
    • Fantasy Football Scout Member
    • 11 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Salah off 😀

  23. Hulk Smash
    • 8 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Lol the player I benched has scored more points in 18 minutes than all 7 of my other attackers. You have to laugh.

  24. Salah’s Sonnet
    • 12 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Worst Salah performance i have ever seen

  25. OverTinker
    • 5 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    salah sub 🙁

  26. FOO FIGHTER
    • 4 Years
    3 years, 9 months ago

    Aaaahhh fook, Salah(c)....

    1. The_Fish
      • 5 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Better than Bruno

    2. Salah’s Sonnet
      • 12 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      My computer, tv, phone would all be out the window if imd captained him, kudos for keeping your cool

  27. Party time
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Salah has been piss poor

    • Brosstan
      • 9 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Wasteman off

    • Brazooka
      • 11 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Please go on vacation Salah

    • Hybrid.power
      • Fantasy Football Scout Member
      • 14 Years
      3 years, 9 months ago

      Need another Trent assist

      1. Zilla
        • 6 Years
        3 years, 9 months ago

        Mane g